How do Copper DX Geothermal Heat Pumps Work?

Heat pumps have been very popular for several years and are unique in their ability to: • Extract heat from a colder medium and transfer it to a hotter medium through a refrigeration-type cycle. • Operate as either a heating unit or cooling unit with the positioning of a valve. The most common type of heat pump extracts heat from the outdoor air and transfers it to the house at a higher temperature. The performance of a heat pump depends on the temperature difference between the outside and inside and, consequently the performance of the common air-to-air unit is lowest when the outside temperature is the lowest and this is when heating of the home is most needed. Therefore auxiliary heat which is much lower in efficiency must be utilized on the colder days. Having a large number of these heat pumps accents the peak power that a utility must provide on the coldest days which results in their operation of lower efficiency generating equipment which increases overall consumer power ...  more